New Solicitation eAlert for RFI
Early Care & Education Professional Development Organizations
RFI
Solicitation Due Date 09/08/17
The Human Services has posted Solicitation RFI - Early Care & Education Professional Development Organizations. The Pennsylvania Department of Human Service's Office of Administration, Bureau of Financial Operations has issued this Request for Information (RFI) on behalf of the Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) to solicit input regarding the proposed scope of work for the creation and management of regional Early Care and Education Professional Development Organizations (ECE PDOs). The Department anticipates releasing a Request for Proposal (RFP) to identify business partners to provide the leadership, management, and administration of the new regional ECE PDOs. Offerors, as single agencies or in partnership with other local entities, will submit proposals for specific service areas, and, if selected, they will be required to maintain a local presence in order to fully support early care and education providers as well as coordinate with the Early Learning Resource Centers (ELRCs). Through a competitive RFP process, agencies may apply as a single agency applicant or as a lead agency submitting with partners. View the bid online at eMarketplace or by clicking here.
Public bid openings consist of a Commonwealth procurement representative electronically accessing or opening timely received bids. The representative announces the suppliers whose bids were timely received and the total bid amount to those present at the bid opening except where it is deemed unreasonable to read the bid amount due to complexity or large number of line items. Suppliers are not permitted to review bids at the opening. The bid tabulation will be posted to www.eMarketplace.state.pa.us as soon as practicable after the opening. Awarded contracts are posted to eMarketplace after they become fully executed.
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